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host: joining us is jon- christopher bua of the sky news. joining us on the phone is the sky news political editor who moderated last night's debate. what is your general reaction to last -- yesterday's debate? guest: the extraordinary thing about their reaction to the date is that it continues to keep this general election absolutely alive, and the debates are clearly transforming the british political race in a way that nobody expected. basically what is happening is that the liberal democrats, headed by nick clegg, are running in second or first place. this really completely open some -- opens up what could be the outcome when the british people vote on may 6. host: are you surprised by how the debates, which is the first time an american-style debate -- both of you, are you surprised about how they have been received over there? guest: well, at sky news campaign for these debates, and we always thought they were an obvious way, frankly, to bring up politics closer to the people. approved in the pudding has been in the eating -- but the p
host: joining us is jon- christopher bua of the sky news. joining us on the phone is the sky news political editor who moderated last night's debate. what is your general reaction to last -- yesterday's debate? guest: the extraordinary thing about their reaction to the date is that it continues to keep this general election absolutely alive, and the debates are clearly transforming the british political race in a way that nobody expected. basically what is happening is that the liberal...
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comments here from jon kyle on one of the sunday show, elena kagan compared the bill to the action of dictators. "buying in 2005 when lindsay gramm and i were drafting a lot to -- "-- >> in 2005 we ultimately drafted a law that defined the term enemy, attends -- enemy combatants. she wrote a letter, along with other law professors to the senate, describing the bill at the time in most unflattering terms, contending that we had to provide article 3 civilian court appeals from decisions of the military commissions, making the entire point of military commissions irrelevant. she compared the bill to the fundamental wallace actions of dictators. that is not very judicious. i dunno if she would recuse herself from those kinds of cases but that is something i will have to ask for about. can she lay those political views aside? host: let's look at a couple more headlines this morning. from "the washington post," "pp resumes efforts -- bp resumes efforts to divert oil." "rocket fire from protesters in bangkok." a photograph here from the barricades in "the new york times." "the wall street jo
comments here from jon kyle on one of the sunday show, elena kagan compared the bill to the action of dictators. "buying in 2005 when lindsay gramm and i were drafting a lot to -- "-- >> in 2005 we ultimately drafted a law that defined the term enemy, attends -- enemy combatants. she wrote a letter, along with other law professors to the senate, describing the bill at the time in most unflattering terms, contending that we had to provide article 3 civilian court appeals from...
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host: that was jon lender. thank you for your time this morning. if you are just joining us, we're talking about the texas board of education and approving a new curriculum standards and sums discussion of the specifics. -- some discussion of specifics. but what your thoughts on the role of politics in education -- we want your thought on the role of politics in education. on twitter -- california, you are next. caller: good morning. i want to just say that yes, politics, religion, put people's personal bias, race hatred, homophobia, people have to take their opinions and do not look at the true facts. i want our children to be educated with the truth. what hitler did in nazi germany, what we did to the chinese when we had our illegal immigrants here in california building the railroad for us, and now we have the mexicans come in and do the work that most u.s. citizens do not want to do, -- host: we will leave it there. it caller: i am a former democrat, now independent. thank god for the texas school board because the education in our country has
host: that was jon lender. thank you for your time this morning. if you are just joining us, we're talking about the texas board of education and approving a new curriculum standards and sums discussion of the specifics. -- some discussion of specifics. but what your thoughts on the role of politics in education -- we want your thought on the role of politics in education. on twitter -- california, you are next. caller: good morning. i want to just say that yes, politics, religion, put people's...
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host: you are on with jon hilsenrath. caller: i have a bit of a different point of view that you do, but you obviously are very talented in explaining complicated monetary terms and the ways people can understand. but earlier, you described deflation as lowering prices and sometimes lowering wages, and you even mentioned that when technology advances and allows prices to decrease, that is a form of deflation. i think that a common interpretation of deflation is a decrease in the money supply. the other things are consequences of deflation. when you talk about the consequences of deflation, you also are forced to expand the scope of the discussion about it, right? now you have to think about the consequences of all the money supply -- of the money supply. as ron paul writes in his book, "end the fed," does the monetary policy we have now caused a boom-bust cycle, does it enable war and empire? this is to be unanimity in the debate about -- there seems to be unanimity in the debate about fiat currency. is there some middle
host: you are on with jon hilsenrath. caller: i have a bit of a different point of view that you do, but you obviously are very talented in explaining complicated monetary terms and the ways people can understand. but earlier, you described deflation as lowering prices and sometimes lowering wages, and you even mentioned that when technology advances and allows prices to decrease, that is a form of deflation. i think that a common interpretation of deflation is a decrease in the money supply....
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jon stewart has been urging people to donate for the mall's upkeep. ms. cunningham, what happens today as far as the trust is concerned after today's rally? caller: the parks service will have a their work cut out for them. like the 3000 events that have to cover every single day, they are well-equipped. host: as far as their rally is concerned, part of this is a direct benefit to your a -- your organization. caller: in late september, they call the national mall and said we have chosen you to be our charity for the rally. we were thrilled. we thought it was a prank call because it went to a junior staffer. we reached talk to them and they had chosen us because they feel like they need to give back. host: what does the trust to do as far as the mall? caller: it is a public-private partnership and we are a partner of the national parks service. we want to raise funds to restore the national mall. is a national park and it is not seen -- it is a national park and it has not seen a restoration since the bicentennial. it has $400 million in deferred maintenan
jon stewart has been urging people to donate for the mall's upkeep. ms. cunningham, what happens today as far as the trust is concerned after today's rally? caller: the parks service will have a their work cut out for them. like the 3000 events that have to cover every single day, they are well-equipped. host: as far as their rally is concerned, part of this is a direct benefit to your a -- your organization. caller: in late september, they call the national mall and said we have chosen you to...
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there is a small fee for private organization that is we consider a donation to post their open jons just like they would on monster or linked in. a monthly fee. if they're going to post more than five jobs on our website then we charge a small fee. per month. but for the veterans, everything is absolutely fry. for the bases, the wounded warrior rehabilitation centers that we visit to run our seminars is absolutely free. we do all of this on our own dime and our own dime is all donated dollars from great americans who donate to our organization so that we can continue to help veterans find jobs. host: wendy on our democrat's line. caller: good morning, gentleman. i'm a veteran and i want to say thank you for what you're doing. i think you're up a against a huge opposition. so i have a comment and a question. when i was exiting out of the navy, the transition program was limited. and it didn't help me. however, before i transitioned out i volunteered for a gentleman who was in the navy as well working to create his own newspaper. and become a publisher. that was an experience that i t
there is a small fee for private organization that is we consider a donation to post their open jons just like they would on monster or linked in. a monthly fee. if they're going to post more than five jobs on our website then we charge a small fee. per month. but for the veterans, everything is absolutely fry. for the bases, the wounded warrior rehabilitation centers that we visit to run our seminars is absolutely free. we do all of this on our own dime and our own dime is all donated dollars...
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host: jon volpe -- john della volpe from the harvard institute of politics, thank you. they're more than 60 congressional hearings, 20,000 -- 27,000 fishing jobs in the louisiana coastal region. up next are the co-chairs of the national oil commission. if you have been following this story, you have been watching coverage on c-span of all the hearings. we will be right back with those two co-chairs. >> voters head to the poll in less than two weeks. debates every night right up to election day. archive debates on line at the c-span video library, and at our politics page, candidates' twitter fees, campaign ads, other helpful resources. follow c-span election coverage right through election day. >> these weekend -- this weekend on "booktv," alison dagnes. dennis desouza is interviewed. and the examination of the feud between president nixon and the investigative journalist jack anderson. look for the entire "booktv" schedule online at booktv.org. >> this week, on "q&a," william makai and charles johnson on the roles that run parliament and congress. >> it is time to get
host: jon volpe -- john della volpe from the harvard institute of politics, thank you. they're more than 60 congressional hearings, 20,000 -- 27,000 fishing jobs in the louisiana coastal region. up next are the co-chairs of the national oil commission. if you have been following this story, you have been watching coverage on c-span of all the hearings. we will be right back with those two co-chairs. >> voters head to the poll in less than two weeks. debates every night right up to...
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host: stephen colbert and jon stewart are planning rallies in october. the role of celebrities is next whether it comes to influencing legislators or influencing the public at large. are democrats line is first in houston, texas. caller: that was the first i have seen that. it is a mockery and tragedy to this country to allow someone up there who is a comedian to act like that. i think it is proof positive of where we are in this stage of the game. it is just mockery and foolishness. there is no respect for the office. i am a democrat, but i really don't understand what my party is doing. it seems like they're committing political suicide. i do not understand anymore what is going on in politics and the world. it seems like to meet that they are keeping the people entertained long enough to do something. in my opinion, i really feel like this whole new world order think is really real. agenda 21 and these type of things. host: do you think there is long-term political fallout from this? caller: honestly and truly, i think it is the tv programmers and wha
host: stephen colbert and jon stewart are planning rallies in october. the role of celebrities is next whether it comes to influencing legislators or influencing the public at large. are democrats line is first in houston, texas. caller: that was the first i have seen that. it is a mockery and tragedy to this country to allow someone up there who is a comedian to act like that. i think it is proof positive of where we are in this stage of the game. it is just mockery and foolishness. there is...
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"financial times" follows up on a governor jon corzine. he is returning to wall street, according to "the times." "the former chief of goldman sachs is returning to wall street to head and a global -- head mf global. he wanted to come back to the industry since losing his reelection bid in new jersey in november." caller: how are you doing, man? i am enjoying the program. i was very happy about the health care bill that passed. i think the president and nancy pelosi -- i think they are heroes. i will be honest with you. i think they've done a great job. we have this attorney-general from michigan that is suing along with other states, but he does not represent michigan. he is representing himself. we are happy about the health care bill. everybody's predicting, like the last senator, whoever that was the was on the program -- host: senator burr. caller: they are predicting this is going to happen. how do they know? the republicans don't know what will happen in 10 years. the democrats don't know. none of us know. host: good morning. caller
"financial times" follows up on a governor jon corzine. he is returning to wall street, according to "the times." "the former chief of goldman sachs is returning to wall street to head and a global -- head mf global. he wanted to come back to the industry since losing his reelection bid in new jersey in november." caller: how are you doing, man? i am enjoying the program. i was very happy about the health care bill that passed. i think the president and nancy...
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let's take the jon corzine example from new jersey. he spent $21 million on the gubernatorial race, largely his own cash. his opponent spent $8 million. jon corzine lost that race decidedly, and heat outspent his opponent 3-1. so this idea that money spent determines who wins is wrong, because there is an intervening action, and that is the voters. do i agree with that speech i heard, which was loud an, or to disagree with that? host: california, howard on the republican line. caller: i am reading from "the wall street journal" at tora, justice kennedy emphasized that law designed to control money in politics often bleed into censorship, and that the various core first amendment principles. i am amazed at the liberal side that seems that they come in at an election that is controlled by exxon mobil, cannot come to the fact that their interests are not being served by the major corporations. the people in their -- you people out there in liberal and, if you are not idiots. you have to think for yourself. guest: first of all, i never sai
let's take the jon corzine example from new jersey. he spent $21 million on the gubernatorial race, largely his own cash. his opponent spent $8 million. jon corzine lost that race decidedly, and heat outspent his opponent 3-1. so this idea that money spent determines who wins is wrong, because there is an intervening action, and that is the voters. do i agree with that speech i heard, which was loud an, or to disagree with that? host: california, howard on the republican line. caller: i am...
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host: connecticut, jon, good morning. caller: i would like to say that c-span is a christmas gift to the nation. this is a great show. i watch it every morning. one thing the media is missing, i don't hear a lot of talk about technological employment, in the form of, let's say, self-serve checkout counters. i understand that are giving businesses credits to get the economy kick started. but if, say, ups were to equip or of their talrucks with gps all the stores having self-serve checkout counters, and makes it drops the people building these things, but the ultimate goal -- it makes the job is for the people building these things, but the ultimate goal seems to be eliminating the human factor. all the capital on the sidelines is invested in equipment to get rid of the human capital in the equation. self-serve check out -- that used to be an entry-level job for a person getting out of high school. i don't know where they acquire skills to participate in the workforce in the future. just your comment on that. i did not real
host: connecticut, jon, good morning. caller: i would like to say that c-span is a christmas gift to the nation. this is a great show. i watch it every morning. one thing the media is missing, i don't hear a lot of talk about technological employment, in the form of, let's say, self-serve checkout counters. i understand that are giving businesses credits to get the economy kick started. but if, say, ups were to equip or of their talrucks with gps all the stores having self-serve checkout...
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senator jon kyl of arizona talked about majority leader harry reid and the idea that they might work on christmas eve. >> so we have worked over the christmas holidays, but i don't think it is desirable if one considers the needs of our constituents to occasionally see us back home, the needs of our families, and yes, i did say i thought it was disrespectful of one of the two major christmas holidays of the year. but this is where i will conclude -- i think it is disrespectful of the senate. >> perhaps he has been in washington too long, because in my state, casinos throughout the state of nevada, ranches, they have to work hard on holidays including christmas to support their families. the mines don't shut down in nevada on christmas. people work. host: he also said, "i am a christian, i don't need to be reminded of the holidays from my republican colleagues doctors watching that, the use of religion in politics, -- for my republican colleagues stock was watching that, the use of religion in politics, what you think? guest: religion has no place there. jon kyl can say whatever he wa
senator jon kyl of arizona talked about majority leader harry reid and the idea that they might work on christmas eve. >> so we have worked over the christmas holidays, but i don't think it is desirable if one considers the needs of our constituents to occasionally see us back home, the needs of our families, and yes, i did say i thought it was disrespectful of one of the two major christmas holidays of the year. but this is where i will conclude -- i think it is disrespectful of the...
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host: jon keller, thank you 4 previewing tonight's debate. live coverage here run c-span. for more information, go to our website, c-span.org/politics. host: as we continue, on your screen is the tenant dan choi -- is lt. dan choi. he announced he was gay, a west point graduate. after a series of proceedings, he was discharged for being in violation of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. he is here to talk with you -- to talk to about his opposition to the policy. this is now playing out in federal court. bergesen up to speak -- a temporary reprieve for the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. the white house won a temporary stay, granting the pentagon to enforce the ban on gay men and women serving in the military. guest: we all know that our system of government allows and mandates that the judicial branch repudiates unconstitutional laws made an executed by the other branches of government. that is american government day one. obama and congress have both said that they want to direct of "don't ask, don't tell," but we have not seen any actions. the court's heard a case sayi
host: jon keller, thank you 4 previewing tonight's debate. live coverage here run c-span. for more information, go to our website, c-span.org/politics. host: as we continue, on your screen is the tenant dan choi -- is lt. dan choi. he announced he was gay, a west point graduate. after a series of proceedings, he was discharged for being in violation of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. he is here to talk with you -- to talk to about his opposition to the policy. this is now playing...
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the new incoming chairman is likely to be, we do not know yet, but likely to be jon klein of minnesota. what is the impact of this? guest: i would say there were not expecting any huge policy reforms in the next session of congress. there has actually been considerable reform in the last couple of years. the biggest thing that took place was ending the bank-based student loan system federally and directing all money to direct lendi pgram -- a federal direct lending program. that saved billions of dollars. our nuer one priority is addressing havingongress addresthe current $5.7 biion shortfall in the bill grant program. this recession has resulted in more students going back to school, and unfortunately, because of decreasing household incomes and unemployment, there is just a huge bowl of people that are eligible for t help grant.the telegrapell and one thing that can increas from here ons that an increase in the for-profit sector. republican leadership in the house is not exactly on the same page as the democratic leadership. host: portland, ore., jeff on the republican line. caller:
the new incoming chairman is likely to be, we do not know yet, but likely to be jon klein of minnesota. what is the impact of this? guest: i would say there were not expecting any huge policy reforms in the next session of congress. there has actually been considerable reform in the last couple of years. the biggest thing that took place was ending the bank-based student loan system federally and directing all money to direct lendi pgram -- a federal direct lending program. that saved billions...
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when i was on jon stewart's show in april, he asked me the difference between an investment bank and a ponzi scheme. a funny line, but the difference is that madoff was operating against the law, clearly. on wall street, because they have written the rules and regulations that they live by, it has been very hard for prosecutors to figure out what laws they broke, even though we know in our gut that the behavior was reprehensible. and it feels criminal to us. because wall street was able to, for relatively little money, helped write the rules and regulations that they live by, it was hard to find a road map for prosecutors to go by. one of the things that is so interesting about this lehman brothers examiner's report. a 220 page road map for prosecutors, we will have to see if something comes of it. host: a couple more phone calls. we need quick questions and quick answers to get them in. anthony, atlanta. go ahead. caller: all this money that i allegedly lost, you play the game and there are risks. supposedly you understand. but there are coaches on the other end the play with higher
when i was on jon stewart's show in april, he asked me the difference between an investment bank and a ponzi scheme. a funny line, but the difference is that madoff was operating against the law, clearly. on wall street, because they have written the rules and regulations that they live by, it has been very hard for prosecutors to figure out what laws they broke, even though we know in our gut that the behavior was reprehensible. and it feels criminal to us. because wall street was able to, for...
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this is about the jon stewart appearance on "the daily show." he revived his signature is slogan from the campaign -- but it is not going to happen overnight. this is just a little bit from last night's appearance. >> i know a lot of folks feel frustrated about congress, how it operates, the bickering, the weird rules, the filibuster's, all of that stuff but the fact is there are a bunch of folks who, during the course of this year, took really tough votes that they knew were bad politics because they thought they were the right things to do. [applause] there are a whole bunch of democrats -- guys like tom pieriello in va or betsy markey in colorado were basically in republican districts, they won in the big surge we had in 2008. they knew it was going to be a tough battle. that these are generally pretty conservative districts. and yet still went ahead and did what they thought was right. and my hope in this election is that people will vote on the basis of what they think is right and have integrity and are not just thinking about the next ele
this is about the jon stewart appearance on "the daily show." he revived his signature is slogan from the campaign -- but it is not going to happen overnight. this is just a little bit from last night's appearance. >> i know a lot of folks feel frustrated about congress, how it operates, the bickering, the weird rules, the filibuster's, all of that stuff but the fact is there are a bunch of folks who, during the course of this year, took really tough votes that they knew were...
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but "the daily show" -- look at the colbert and jon stewart rallies that have been announced for d.c. thousands of people travelling to d.c. to be a part of this process, because it feels like is for them and it gave them a place for them to participate. host: peter on-line for those over 50 in kansas, good morning. caller: first of all, i salute you for what you are doing, and greta, i think you are doing our remarkable job. i would just like to say that for all progresses and democrats -- all progressives and democrats, it is absolutely essential that we get out and vote to allow the country to continue to move forward. we have to stop this country from going back. please keep up the good work. thank you very much. host: we will go to a benjamin in massachusetts, 21 years old. caller: hi. nice to be on air, and thanks so much for everything, both of you. i'm calling because i heard you guys talking about the cynicism of young people, and i think i definitely feel a lot of that. but it also heard you saying that we don't really have a context for the cynicism, like we cannot look bac
but "the daily show" -- look at the colbert and jon stewart rallies that have been announced for d.c. thousands of people travelling to d.c. to be a part of this process, because it feels like is for them and it gave them a place for them to participate. host: peter on-line for those over 50 in kansas, good morning. caller: first of all, i salute you for what you are doing, and greta, i think you are doing our remarkable job. i would just like to say that for all progresses and...
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american samoa "the new york times" says, after glenn beck but before jon stewart. our next caller is from hawaii. steve, democrats line. a good early morning to you. caller: help. -- hello. if you were talking about corruption and people talking about invading, and the united states invading foreign countries. so, they have been invading hawaii and occupied malaya for more than 100 years. the hawaiians here are still fighting them. and i think there is plenty of corruption in the government's in iraq and iran or afghanistan. and in hawaii. if we were and to deal with what the military altogether, we would be better off. host: talking about the military's role and how conservatives are viewing funding the military. you might enjoy that conversation. that will be later on in "washington journal." democrats line in detroit. thank you for being with us. caller: i am calling from detroit. thank you so much for taking my call. my question has to do with, who determines what win means. they say when we win. if we don't stay there until the end, we lose. what is win? if we
american samoa "the new york times" says, after glenn beck but before jon stewart. our next caller is from hawaii. steve, democrats line. a good early morning to you. caller: help. -- hello. if you were talking about corruption and people talking about invading, and the united states invading foreign countries. so, they have been invading hawaii and occupied malaya for more than 100 years. the hawaiians here are still fighting them. and i think there is plenty of corruption in the...
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ndc's "meet the press cos" dick durbin and jon kyl. union" closeof the john mccain and byron dorgan and representative dave obey. george w. bush and his brother jeb bush will also be interviewed as part of the rollout of the book "decision points. ." -- of the book "decision points." fareed zakaria gps interviews admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. on "this week," bill and melinda gates, ted turner, stock -- tom stare, and warren buffett. on cbs "face the nation," ron stern now, arianna huffington and edmund morris, and bob woodward. c-span posnerakers has norm coleman -- c-span's "newsmakers" has normm coleman. what do you think about the lame-duck session happening? caller >> it is nothing new. democrats have been in charge -- caller: it is nothing new. democrats have been in charge and they have done nothing. they have closed the doors to the republicans. they have not been a partisan at all. every campaign promise that they have made, they have not kept. for the bigger -- for the democrats to jump off the cl
ndc's "meet the press cos" dick durbin and jon kyl. union" closeof the john mccain and byron dorgan and representative dave obey. george w. bush and his brother jeb bush will also be interviewed as part of the rollout of the book "decision points. ." -- of the book "decision points." fareed zakaria gps interviews admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. on "this week," bill and melinda gates, ted turner, stock -- tom stare, and...
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let me defend john corn and -- jon cornyn. he is my senator, too. i do not know if he ever missed a vote that was close or significant, but i will take your word and looked it up. as far as lobbyists, that is in the constitution, the right to redress and petition your government. that is what lobbyists are. they are paid to represent the views of people in congress. host: under president obama, is there less or more of that? guest: may be about the same. it is not his fault. the government is bigger, more intrusive, has a lot of change going on. people have issues they want to be heard. host: back to bonuses, there was an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" talking about the structure of bonuses in pay. he writes -- guest: well, that is a lot to chew on. i do not know about the community part of that. what i know is companies, on to open doors, as well and big corporations, exist to provide goods and services to their communities. in order to do that, they generate a profit, or else they cannot provide those services. managers are measured by
let me defend john corn and -- jon cornyn. he is my senator, too. i do not know if he ever missed a vote that was close or significant, but i will take your word and looked it up. as far as lobbyists, that is in the constitution, the right to redress and petition your government. that is what lobbyists are. they are paid to represent the views of people in congress. host: under president obama, is there less or more of that? guest: may be about the same. it is not his fault. the government is...
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with secretaries clinton and gates as well as charles schumer, democrat from new york, and arizona's jon kyle. "fox news sunday" will have joseph lieberman, lamar alexander, and michele bock win. on "face the nation" they are speaking with secretaries gates and clinton, they will be talking to guests, including haley barbour. youkilis and all five of them starting at noon here on c-span radio. on the web at c-span -- c- span.org. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> ♪ jobs >> what is more ridiculous than american politics this year? >> over the past year the gregory brothers have become hit makers with auto-tun the news. we will be talking to them tonight on "q&a." new york post columnist ralph peters look said u.s. foreign policy on his book, "and liz warren." afterwards, deborah -- endless war." afterwards, follow a son twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guests are stephen dinan, washington times congressional bureau chief, and jennifer bendery, roll call house reporter. talk about the congressional timeline this week and how things will get rolling. host:
with secretaries clinton and gates as well as charles schumer, democrat from new york, and arizona's jon kyle. "fox news sunday" will have joseph lieberman, lamar alexander, and michele bock win. on "face the nation" they are speaking with secretaries gates and clinton, they will be talking to guests, including haley barbour. youkilis and all five of them starting at noon here on c-span radio. on the web at c-span -- c- span.org. you can follow us on facebook and twitter....
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and jon kyl, the republican whip. the republicans, they already signed a letter, all 41, that they would also bar budget point of order -- and any budget point of order would take 60 votes to over,. democrats only have 59 votes as long as republicans remained unified. host: and democrats that they peel off or is it written stone? guest: i don't think anything is written in stone. but i can't say that senator michael bennett, appointed to replace ken salazar, interior secretary, is standing for election for the first time in colorado. he is a big proponent of the public insurance option. and at least last week when i talked to him was not ruling out the possibility of proposing an amendment to include -- to add a public insurance option to the reconciliation package. he wanted to see the final outcome in the house to see if the james does mind -- decided since i talked to him not to do so but it is something he was public about wanting to do. host: david drucker, staff writer ed "roll-call -- staff writer at rollcall.c
and jon kyl, the republican whip. the republicans, they already signed a letter, all 41, that they would also bar budget point of order -- and any budget point of order would take 60 votes to over,. democrats only have 59 votes as long as republicans remained unified. host: and democrats that they peel off or is it written stone? guest: i don't think anything is written in stone. but i can't say that senator michael bennett, appointed to replace ken salazar, interior secretary, is standing for...
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the guests included david axelrod and jon kyl. also there is an interview with the netanyahu. on "face the nation" interview air colder. on the "state of the union" david axelrod and bill richardson. kenneth feinberg, the administration of the bp compensation fund. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c- span radio. that is 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c., area. also on the web at cspanradio.com. i can follow us on facebook and twitter. host: coming up, leslie sanchez, a new spinoff, the dean resurgent republic. we will learn more about that in a few minutes. geopolitics coming up on "newsmakers." there is not a morning hearing because of our live coverage of the nj summer meeting. in our conversation with darrell issa, this came up. >> michael steele, the head of your party -- the head of the national republican national committee. >> is this someone who should remain as the top executive of the rnc? >> michael steele is supposed to reflect a consensus of republican platforms and policy. if he does that, he certainly can rema
the guests included david axelrod and jon kyl. also there is an interview with the netanyahu. on "face the nation" interview air colder. on the "state of the union" david axelrod and bill richardson. kenneth feinberg, the administration of the bp compensation fund. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c- span radio. that is 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c., area. also on the web at cspanradio.com. i can follow us on facebook...
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host: jon castle lake and business roundtable. thanks for joining us. in a moment, we will look at medicare and will speak with dr. cecil wilson, the incoming president of the american medical association. but first, a look at news from c-span radio. >> the commerce department report that personal spending jumped by a larger amount than expected in january, but americans' incomes barely budged. the income gain was the weakest showing in four months, raising concerns about whether consumers can spend enough to support an economic rebound. united nations humanitarian spokeswoman says it will rush aid deliveries to chile, two days after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck about 2 1/3 miles from the capital of santiago, -- 200 miles from the capital of santiago, killing to wonder people. -- killing several hundred people. toyota president in a news conference earlier apologize to the company's customers in china. he says the country is an important market for the car company. it was mr. toyoda's second for an appearance following last week's appearance in w
host: jon castle lake and business roundtable. thanks for joining us. in a moment, we will look at medicare and will speak with dr. cecil wilson, the incoming president of the american medical association. but first, a look at news from c-span radio. >> the commerce department report that personal spending jumped by a larger amount than expected in january, but americans' incomes barely budged. the income gain was the weakest showing in four months, raising concerns about whether...
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i can tell you, it was jon kyl on one hand and ted kennedy on the other. it was a bipartisan group and we have a 700-page bill, as comprehensive as you can imagine. any question you want known about immigration was in that bill, but it was dismissed by opponents by one word, amnesty. it was not amnesty because you needed, i believe it was 12 years, 12 to 18 years to get in line and eventually get a green card. there was nothing automatic about it, or nothing that smacked of amnesty, but again, in a world of sound bites, people dismiss it in a word and is gone. but we still have this problem. host: arizona's new law, what are your thoughts? guest: as a managerial analysis, i think it is a poor use of resources. i think is bad law. but to put the police department' of arizona looking for people who are doing nothing more than working 12 to 16 hours a day and taking your eye off the ball from people who really do want to do us harm, i think it is very inefficient. i do not think it is representative of the kind of nation we are. host: do you think that eric h
i can tell you, it was jon kyl on one hand and ted kennedy on the other. it was a bipartisan group and we have a 700-page bill, as comprehensive as you can imagine. any question you want known about immigration was in that bill, but it was dismissed by opponents by one word, amnesty. it was not amnesty because you needed, i believe it was 12 years, 12 to 18 years to get in line and eventually get a green card. there was nothing automatic about it, or nothing that smacked of amnesty, but again,...
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newt gingrich was on jon stewart the other day, and he asked him about the people who are being taken to court, the terrorists, and his explanation was that richard reid was an american, a bald faced lie. those guys can get away with it. they can get away with saying anything they wanted we have been witnessing it for the last eight years. actually, that is not the big point i wanted to make the big point i wanted to make, and you are probably aware of this -- in the last eight years, the congress and senate have been fighting over $40 billion for old people at $4 billion a year. it was $4 billion for 10 years. remember that one? it was too much money, this and that. my mother, the last few years, has been on medicare. she said she never had better coverage in your life, ok, until -- in her whole life, ok, until she got on medicare. the other thing, the biggest thing, actually -- when bush came into office, the defense spending was 300-something billion dollars a year. i pay attention to that stuff. now it is almost 600-something billion dollars a year. can anybody in this country say
newt gingrich was on jon stewart the other day, and he asked him about the people who are being taken to court, the terrorists, and his explanation was that richard reid was an american, a bald faced lie. those guys can get away with it. they can get away with saying anything they wanted we have been witnessing it for the last eight years. actually, that is not the big point i wanted to make the big point i wanted to make, and you are probably aware of this -- in the last eight years, the...
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senator jon kyl -- that is an important one. another one to watch is senator mccain and joe lieberman. senator lieberman was lying down in negotiation initiative. he was pretty bold in saying that he did not then and there were 67 boats, but he is not -- votes, but he is not the vote- counter. host: kansas city, missouri. robert. caller: yes, sir. i hear a lot of talk about north korea but nobody says anything about south korea. i want to know if your guest has any information on what they have in those top-secret mountains in south korea? guest: good question. south korea was discovered to have been running a clandestine nuclear program for many years. there was international condemnation, and as far as we now, that program is no longer going on. they have tested as many as two weapons. so we know that they are a defective nuclear country. there are an example of a country that is no longer pursuing nuclear weapons. that could be seen as excess -- as a success. other countries participating in that program would be libya. host:
senator jon kyl -- that is an important one. another one to watch is senator mccain and joe lieberman. senator lieberman was lying down in negotiation initiative. he was pretty bold in saying that he did not then and there were 67 boats, but he is not -- votes, but he is not the vote- counter. host: kansas city, missouri. robert. caller: yes, sir. i hear a lot of talk about north korea but nobody says anything about south korea. i want to know if your guest has any information on what they have...
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host: six months before last year's election in new jersey, the same was said about chris kristie and jon corzine. people in new jersey, joseph people in illinois, -- just like people in illinois, are not confused about whether governor has been doing. if you have 40% and the toll -- in the polls, your toes. -- you are toast. if a governor is below 47% or 46% in their reelecting number, they are seriously vulnerable. our candidate is 10 to 12 points ahead of his incumbent governor and are kennard has one-third of the name by dedication. guest: part of that is that one candidate has to make tough decisions, and there is a really difference -- a real difference here. democrats have been making the tough decisions and they are turning their states around. host: each state has different problems, yes? what is the purpose of an rga? guest: really, we are a source of campaign finance reform. probably as early as 2000, 2001, the rga and i think the dga were just campaign offices. then they were spun out in their own national committees. our job is to make sure there are more republican governors
host: six months before last year's election in new jersey, the same was said about chris kristie and jon corzine. people in new jersey, joseph people in illinois, -- just like people in illinois, are not confused about whether governor has been doing. if you have 40% and the toll -- in the polls, your toes. -- you are toast. if a governor is below 47% or 46% in their reelecting number, they are seriously vulnerable. our candidate is 10 to 12 points ahead of his incumbent governor and are...
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jon scott i think priorities are such where people want -- guest: i think priorities are people want people to have section 8 vouchers. but polls show the american people think the government spends a lot more money abroad than it does, basically i think less than 1% of the total budget. host: excluding wars. guest: but in terms of transfers to assistance abroad. i think we spent a lot on wars, too much. but, you know, and nothing that is what is really draining the money from being able to do section 8 housing. i would note that any time there are bills going through congress, they throw money and business tax cuts. we just had another $30 billion or so last november and december, which is going to be very ineffective to do anything to generate jobs. but there seems to be a bipartisan agreement. host: we have about five minutes left. i want to go to a real core issue, asset valuation of real estate. as you suggested, many people's wealth was based on what they felt was the ever increasing value of their house. since that bubble has burst, it seems as though policy toward restoring r
jon scott i think priorities are such where people want -- guest: i think priorities are people want people to have section 8 vouchers. but polls show the american people think the government spends a lot more money abroad than it does, basically i think less than 1% of the total budget. host: excluding wars. guest: but in terms of transfers to assistance abroad. i think we spent a lot on wars, too much. but, you know, and nothing that is what is really draining the money from being able to do...
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00 on "abc's this week, the host welcomes republican senator bob corker, former new jersey governor jon corzine, and then a look at the economy with laura tyson on the economic advisory board and the chief of u.s. chamber of commerce, and chris wallace rep r. welcomes john cornyn, and senate sarmed services committee member jack reed and moody's chief economist. on "face the nation" at 3:00, bob schieffer talks politics with the chairman of the democratic national committee and governor rendell, a pennsylvania democrat, the former of the republican national committee, ed gillespie and national strategist ed rollins. finally at 3:30 p.m. on cnn's state of the union, kevin mccarthy and peter king and democrats chris van holland and gerald nadler. the talk shows reair at noon eastern. we start with nbc's meet the press, 1:00, this week and 2:00 fox news sunday and 3:00, face the nation from cbs and cnn's state of the union. listen to them all on c-span radio on 95.1 in the disk area and on sirius channel 32 or on-line at c-span radio.org. >> harry truman when he just of the seen as a senat
00 on "abc's this week, the host welcomes republican senator bob corker, former new jersey governor jon corzine, and then a look at the economy with laura tyson on the economic advisory board and the chief of u.s. chamber of commerce, and chris wallace rep r. welcomes john cornyn, and senate sarmed services committee member jack reed and moody's chief economist. on "face the nation" at 3:00, bob schieffer talks politics with the chairman of the democratic national committee and...
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this week and see the jon s tweart rally. this weekend campaign event, debates, interviews, and opening phone lines for your comments about the campaign. follow c-span's election covers right through election day. >> "washington journal" continues. >> sean miller of "the hill" newspaper, here is your front page this morning. how do you know this? guest: we have been doing polling in 42 senate and house races. we have had the majority of the republicans up in these races so we are looking at some of the races we pulled, and in addition to the ones that are just too far gone where we see democrats with a massive deficits -- host: who is too far gone? guest: who is too far gone? one of the guys we pulled who is not probably coming back, he runs the illinois district across the mississippi river. we found him down against a republican bobby shilling by double digits -- host: why? guest: it is puzzling because he did not have an opponent in 2008. it is district is a safe democratic territory. it is an illinois, the president's hom
this week and see the jon s tweart rally. this weekend campaign event, debates, interviews, and opening phone lines for your comments about the campaign. follow c-span's election covers right through election day. >> "washington journal" continues. >> sean miller of "the hill" newspaper, here is your front page this morning. how do you know this? guest: we have been doing polling in 42 senate and house races. we have had the majority of the republicans up in...
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like jon stewart said, i am just one of those people with too much to do. but i will take a look at the issues and i am about rebuilding america. host: let's go on to michael, california. you are on the air. caller: how are you? host: doing well. how will you vote? caller: i am going to split the ticket out here. i am going to go with jerry brown on governor and carly fiorina for senator. host: why is that? caller: well, we need a change. here is my situation. i am a disabled senior citizen. i received only ssi. i have $825 coming in each month. the rent is $725. do the math. at one time payment in 2009, everyone took that money and put it right back in the economy. this year most of the republicans voted down. but not one senator stood up and fought. barbara boxer did not fight like she did. they've reversed it, voted again, and they got it. i wrote her a letter. since we are not important enough, adios. host: wide you'd like jerry brown over meg whitman? caller: i think that might whitman would be another schwarzenegger. schwarzenegger cut ssi three times
like jon stewart said, i am just one of those people with too much to do. but i will take a look at the issues and i am about rebuilding america. host: let's go on to michael, california. you are on the air. caller: how are you? host: doing well. how will you vote? caller: i am going to split the ticket out here. i am going to go with jerry brown on governor and carly fiorina for senator. host: why is that? caller: well, we need a change. here is my situation. i am a disabled senior citizen. i...
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from the republican side of the aisle, minority leader mitch mcconnell attending, along with jon kyl, senate republican whip, lamar alexander, a republican conference chair, chuck grassley, ranking member of the senate finance committee, mike enzi, remember on the senate health committee, and two other house committee members, john mccain and tom coburn and senator john barraso. live coverage on c-span3, c- span.org and seized a radio. -- c-span radio. >> live today, daylong coverage of the white house health care summit. starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern president obama will meet with congressional leaders and other key members of the health-care debate. live from blair house. we will also include your reaction, today on c-span3, c- span c-span.org radio,. . "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome congressman michael burgess, he represents texas 26 congressional districts and before serving in congress he was an obese/thank you and for 25 years. will today's summit -- he was an ob/gyn for 25 years. will make a difference? guest: what if we had done this a year ago? would the pr
from the republican side of the aisle, minority leader mitch mcconnell attending, along with jon kyl, senate republican whip, lamar alexander, a republican conference chair, chuck grassley, ranking member of the senate finance committee, mike enzi, remember on the senate health committee, and two other house committee members, john mccain and tom coburn and senator john barraso. live coverage on c-span3, c- span.org and seized a radio. -- c-span radio. >> live today, daylong coverage of...
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governor chris christy of new jersey who has really taken on a terrible situation that he inherited from jon corzine this year and starting to take on the -- host: what is your view on the tax? guest: i think a value-added tax can be thought of as a national sales tax. when i was on the show before i said maybe we should have it to replace the income tax. and now that people can see me, -- it's not a value-added income tax. they are talking about a 10%-15%, national sales tax on top of the tax. i think if we went in that direction, no on top of that, it would make everything you buy from a cash register, 107-15% more expensive. host: next call for steven moore comes from baltimore. caller: thank you. i have great respect for both of you. but i have to disagree respectfully. i would offer the tax cuts bush put on were haehnel titlements in and of themselves. northed to bring back the economy we have to create that's another idea that's been around 40 years for conservatives to try to get through. i would submit to you conservative democrats right and left agree and get off the rhetoric bandwa
governor chris christy of new jersey who has really taken on a terrible situation that he inherited from jon corzine this year and starting to take on the -- host: what is your view on the tax? guest: i think a value-added tax can be thought of as a national sales tax. when i was on the show before i said maybe we should have it to replace the income tax. and now that people can see me, -- it's not a value-added income tax. they are talking about a 10%-15%, national sales tax on top of the tax....
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willing to spend up to $50 million on this race, a staggering figure that would put her only second to jon corzine, who spent $60 million in 2000 in new jersey. blumenthal so far has spent $1.7 million on television ads. he is certainly no slouch, comes from a wealthy background himself. his father-in-law is the owner of the empire state building. mcmahon is largely self funding her campaign and it is hard for him to compete in the money category. >> will these two square off in a debate? >> yes, october 4. a fox affiliate in hartford, both of which are tribune properties, are holding a debate with the two. there are already some complaints that mcmahon supporters have bought up many of the tickets for that. baier will bet moderating the debate, so you have democrats crying that it is not a level playing field. >> thank you for your time. for more information about campaign 2010, go to our website, c-span.org. host: joining us now is senator bernie sanders, an independent from vermont, who regularly caucuses with the democrats. are you fearful that harry reid will no longer be the democrat
willing to spend up to $50 million on this race, a staggering figure that would put her only second to jon corzine, who spent $60 million in 2000 in new jersey. blumenthal so far has spent $1.7 million on television ads. he is certainly no slouch, comes from a wealthy background himself. his father-in-law is the owner of the empire state building. mcmahon is largely self funding her campaign and it is hard for him to compete in the money category. >> will these two square off in a debate?...
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jon casey, former congressman, beat ted strickland. kasichvernors -- john t. sic beat ted strickland. new governors are sam brownback, rick snyder, mary fallin. do any of those names jump out at you as national figures come 2012, 2016? guest: i think that none really jump out immediately. i think the 2012 group of candidates are kind of set. you never know how any of these folks will distinguish themselves. chris christie in new jersey has been in office for a year and has jumped out in a way that people are talking about him for president. off the top of my head, i do not see any of that now. a lot of them have been around. they have been in politics. sam brownback was in the senate and tried to run for president a couple of years ago. it did not work out too well for him, so we will have to see. host: "washington times" this morning -- "2012 republican dark horses at the starting gate." jindall ofed a louisiana. jim demint, just reelected. alvin green has about 30% of the vote. the candidate who mysteriously appeared. chris christie, governor of new jersey.
jon casey, former congressman, beat ted strickland. kasichvernors -- john t. sic beat ted strickland. new governors are sam brownback, rick snyder, mary fallin. do any of those names jump out at you as national figures come 2012, 2016? guest: i think that none really jump out immediately. i think the 2012 group of candidates are kind of set. you never know how any of these folks will distinguish themselves. chris christie in new jersey has been in office for a year and has jumped out in a way...